Zn Flashcards

(20 cards)

1
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polemics

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heated argumentation

The Presidential debate stage erupted in polemics.

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errantry

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peripatetic chivalry

The errantry of Doctors Without Borders has saved millions of lives.

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ad rem

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pertinent to the issue at hand

His upbringing in MS13 is ad rem to this crime.

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adulator

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an excessive fawner

Gobels was an adulator of Hitler and became his right hand assistant.

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adumbrate

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foreshadow, sketch out

The 4.6 % decline of the Dow on Friday October 16 , 1987 adumbrated the subsequent 22% loss on the following Black Monday.

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idiomorphic

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having a unique characteristic shape

The Banyan Tree’s idiomorphic roots make it easily identifiable.

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idioticon

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a highly technical glossary

He stared at the idiotcon of his new, advanced QM Textbook required for his upcoming class , and understood nothing.

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ignavia

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laziness and cowardice

His Super Power was rare, polished and practiced, ignavia maximus.

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raconteur

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a teller of tales and anecdotes

The raconteur Hesiod in 700BC Greece, told stories with morales.

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raison d’être

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the reason for being

A life of revenge is a terrible raison d’être.

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randy

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sexually excited

Randy, the randy rabbit, ran rabidly around her. Whew!

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spuddle

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to attend rabidly to trivial matters as though they were of utmost importance

Who spuddled alongside the muddy river practicing different ways of washing his nostrils before setting upon a plain ol’ good pick as sufficient ?

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ignominious
ig-no-MIN-ee-us

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marked by public humiliation

In Rome, Crucifixion was an ignominious death reserved for scoundrels.

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ilk

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a person of certain type

Fine wine is wasted on my ilk.

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anneal

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to strengthen or toughen

My failures annealed my resolve to succeed.

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16
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animadvert

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to comment publicly on something or someone critically
noun=animadversion

Pope Frances was no stranger to animadversion.

17
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ratiocination

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the process of logical thinking

Ratiocination of the recent James Webb Telescope leads to Penrose’s Conformal Cyclic Cosmology.

18
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unalienable

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unalienable = inalienable =unable to be taken away

These unalienable rights of all man shall remain sacred.

19
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mundify

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to purify or cleanse

The Cabin retreat allowed them to mundify their digital overload.

20
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roc

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Mythical immense tawny raptor bird.

The roc represents untamed natural power.
The roc dug its talons int the rhino and took off to its aerie.